Hot Bats Drive Dukes Over Longwood

Tuesday, April 17

Farmville, Va.

6 p.m.

James Madison University

20-16

Longwood

13-22

James Madison

Longwood

4/17/2018 10:35:00 PM | Baseball

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FARMVILLE, Va. – Seniors Adam Sisk and Bradley McKay combined for seven RBIs on Tuesday night to help lead James Madison to a 10-5 victory over Longwood in non-conference baseball action at Buddy Bolding Stadium.

The Dukes (20-16) extended their win streak to five games while snapping the Lancers' (13-22) four-game winning streak.

Sisk went 2-for-3 on the night with a walk and four RBIs while McKay added a 2-for-4 performance with two doubles, two runs scored, three RBIs and a walk. Freshman Michael Morgan and senior Ryan Coale both added two hits apiece. Senior Fox Semones notched his seventh home run of the season.

Sophomore Brett Ayer (2-1) received the win on the night, throwing 2 1/3 innings with only giving up one hit and tallying a strikeout.

Knotted at one apiece going into the fifth inning, Semones belted his home run to left field, giving the Dukes a 2-1 lead which they would never let up. In the sixth inning, McKay hit a two-RBI double, then Sisk hit a two-RBI single to increase JMU's lead, 6-1. McKay hit a RBI-double to right field, scoring Morgan in the seventh inning to give the Dukes a 7-1 lead.

JMU added its final three runs in the top half of the ninth as Coale scored on a passed ball, then Sisk hit his second two-RBI single of the night.

Longwood plated four runs in the ninth, scoring one run off a passed ball and another run from a single up the middle. The Lancers last two runs came from a single through the left side.

QUICK HITS
-Tuesday's win marked win number 350 for Head Coach Marlin Ikenberry and the 1,400th in program history
-James Madison is now 4-2 against in-state teams and is 15-5 when scoring the first run in the game
-The Dukes are 4-1 this season against Big South conference opponents

QUOTING COACH IKE
"McKay and Sisk had huge nights for us offensively. We pitched and played really good defense until the bottom of the ninth. All of our staff did a great job and we tried to stretch Justin Showalter out but Matt Marsili did a great job getting the last two outs."

UP NEXT
James Madison will host George Mason on Wednesday for $1 hot dog night at Eagle Field at 6 p.m. The game will have live audio by MadiZONE HD Sportsnet.